Transparente Pensionszukunft - Sicherung der ökonomischen Unabhängigkeit von Frauen im Alter // Transparent Pension Future - Securing women's economic independence in old age

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The project „TRAPEZ“ (transparent pension future - Transparente Pensionszukunft) follows the objective to improve the independent security of women in old age and to sustainably reduce the above-average Austrian Gender Gap in Pensions (GGP). Subtargets * Identify existing causes and factors of the GGP * Develop and implement countering strategies during working life * Increase awareness on these factors and counter strategies Target groups * Insureds: employees in main working age (35-50 year-olds, esp. women), e.g. after parental leave resp. in parental part-time; older employees (closer to retirement age, 50-65 year-olds); new pension entries (60-65 year-olds) * Experts/Institutions: counsellors and policy makers in organisations and companies Results * First-time quantification of explaining factors of the Austrian GGP on longitudinal data base * Conclusions about employment-focused old age security systems in other EU-MS via GGP factors * Increased awareness on own pension and possibilities for securing it among employees, esp. women * Recommendations for actions to improve counselling and information offers to further reduce the GGP and to increase women’s economic independence in old age * Inspiration and guidance for companies to advise their employees on their pension * Networking and including central stakeholders Addressees * Policy makers in pension system * Working-age population in main working age and in specific life-phases * Annually 120,000 (future) recipients of the “Vorausberechnungsmitteilung” (advance pension calculation) * Ca. 700 employees in 7 pilot companies * 75 representatives of companies and counselling services in 3 workshops; 100 conference participants Type and number of deliverables * 1 research report and executive summary (DE/EN) * 1-2 research articles (DE/EN) * 2 evaluation reports (DE) * 1 toolkit for in-company advice (multilingual) * 2-3 press releases (DE) * 1-5 short information videos (DE/multilingual)